{"id":44,"date":"2013-08-30T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T19:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcdonnellmusic.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2019-12-04T04:37:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T04:37:47","slug":"c-v","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidmcdonnellmusic.com\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"C.V."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. David McDonnell<\/strong>
\n e-mail: david.b.k.mcdonnell@gmail.com<\/strong>
\ndavidmcdonnellmusic.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
\n2012<\/strong> DMA (Music Composition)
\nCollege Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
\nPrinciple Teachers: Joel Hoffman, Mara Helmuth
\nDissertation: An Uncertain Machine for Chamber Orchestra
\nCognate: Computer Music Programming and Psychoacoustics<\/p>\n

2009 <\/strong>MM (Music Composition)
\nDePaul University School of Music, Chicago, IL
\nPrinciple Teachers: Kurt Westerberg, Juan Campoverde
\nThesis: The Use of Net-Structure in Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong> BM (Music Composition)
\nDePaul University School of Music, Chicago, IL
\nPrinciple Teachers: George Flynn, Kurt Westerberg<\/p>\n

TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/strong>
\n2012-<\/strong> Adjunct Instructor of Music
\nUniversity of Dayton, College of Arts and Sciences<\/strong>
\n-Intro to Music Technology
\n-Recording Arts and Digital Media
\n-Fundamentals of Arranging
\n-Director: Dayton Lab Flyers Big Band
\n-Private Lessons: Jazz Saxophone and Composition<\/p>\n

2009-<\/strong> Adjunct Instructor of Music and General Studies
\nUniversity of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music<\/strong>
\n-Experimental Rock
\n-Progressive Rock
\n-Jammin\u2019with Laptops<\/p>\n

2010-2012 <\/strong>
\nUniversity of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music<\/strong>
\n-Applied Composition<\/p>\n

2007-2009<\/strong>
\nDePaul University School of Music<\/strong>
\nMusic Theory Tutor<\/p>\n

1999-2009<\/strong>
\nChicago and Chicago Suburbs<\/strong>
\nPrivate Saxophone and Clarinet Instruction-Jazz and Classical<\/p>\n

SELECTED COMPOSITIONS AND PERFORMANCES<\/strong>
\n2014<\/strong>
\nthe dragon and the griffin <\/em>\u2013 album of original jazz and chamber compositions.
\nReleased May 13th<\/sup> on New Atlantis Records.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\nSpectrum of Error <\/em>for Computer and Gamelan Sounds \u2013 Nov. 24th<\/sup>, University of Dayton.<\/p>\n

\u00c6pse <\/em>for solo Cello and Computer \u2013 Nov. 14th<\/sup>, Constellation, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

In a Clearing <\/em>for Trombone, Vibraphone, Electric Bass and Computer \u2013 Feb. 16th<\/sup>,
\nCalifornia Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.<\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/strong>the dragon and the griffin <\/em>for String Quartet \u2013 Recorded by Quartet Parapluie, November, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

Triangulum II <\/em>for solo Vibraphone \u2013 May, doctoral recital at CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

East of Autumn <\/em>for Viola and Piano – May, doctoral recital at CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

An Uncertain Machine \u2013<\/em>for String Quartet, Orchestral Winds and Brass, Percussion and Piano
\n\u2013 April, Caf\u00e9 MoMus Ensemble, CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

2011 <\/strong>
\nRock Paper Scissors <\/em>for solo Soprano Saxophone and Computer
\n\u2013 November, N SEME, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD.<\/p>\n

Islands in a Sea of Light <\/em>for flute, Bb clarinet and piano
\n\u2013 June, Music 11 Festival, The Hindemith Centre, Blonay, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Blossom Hunter 2 <\/em>for Trombone, 2 Double Basses, Marimba and Vibraphone
\n\u2013 March, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.<\/p>\n

2010 <\/strong>
\nRatio of Atmosphere <\/em>for Bb Clarinet, Viola and Piano
\n\u2013 October, Midwest Composers Symposium, CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

My Dinner with a Spectrogram <\/em>an Audio\/Video composition for Computer \u2013 May, CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

Looking at Wind <\/em>for Orchestra \u2013 January, CCM, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

2009 <\/strong>
\nthe time inside a year <\/em>for Vibraphone and Piano \u2013 July, Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

5 pieces for Orchestra \u00ad<\/em>\u2013 May, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

Song of Overtones <\/em>for Computer \u2013 February, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

2008 <\/strong>
\nViola Solo for Stefan Wolpe<\/em> \u2013 May, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

SELECTED RECORDINGS<\/strong>
\n2014<\/strong>
\nDave McDonnell Group: the dragon and the griffin<\/em>
\n-New Atlantis Records
\n\u201c\u2026[McDonnell\u2019s] snaking postbop tunes streamline ideas from African Funk and post-rock
\n…His writing combines corkscrewing lines and rhythmic ferocity\u2026\u201d<\/em>
\nThe Chicago Reader<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>
\nDiving Bell: Diving Bell<\/em>
\n-Haze Label (Belarus)
\n\u201c\u2026an excellent album of improvisations of saxophone and laptop that uses
\ntheir inherent dichotomy to work together rather than display their opposition\u2026\u201d<\/em>
\nActs of Silence.com<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>
\nHerculaneum: UCHU<\/em>
\n-Herculaneumsound.com
\n\u201c\u2026all-for-one sextet from Chicago scrambling aspects of postbop jazz, minimalism,
\nrock dissonance and West African rhythms.\u201d<\/em>
\nNew York Times<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nHerculaneum: Olives and Orchids<\/em>
\n-Herculaneumsound.com
\n“… think of Charles Mingus, if he lived in the 21st Century.”<\/em>
\nNPR’s All things Considered<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\nHerculaneum: Herculaneum III<\/em>
\n-Clean Feed
\n\u201c\u2026David McDonnell\u2019s alto sax can have a loose and outside sensibility, a bit like
\nsome of Steve Coleman\u2019s work.\u201d<\/em>
\nCadence Magazine<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>
\nIcy Demons: Miami Ice<\/em>
\n-Obey Your Brain
\n\u201cIcy Demons may chug along to stoic kraut pulses and amorphous jazz jams, but
\ntheir sense of humor has always shone through.\u201d<\/em>
\nPitchfork Media<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>
\nThe Diminisher (David McDonnell solo project): Imaginary Volcano<\/em>
\n-Unsound Records
\n“…engaging and gorgeously layered\u2026a remarkably organic and unified whole.”<\/em>
\nTime Out Chicago<\/p>\n

Michael Columbia: Stay Hard<\/em>
\n-Alabaster Records
\n“…delving deep into a loopy amalgam of avant-pop and rhythm-heavy krautrock.”<\/em>
\nTime Out Chicago<\/p>\n

Herculaneum: Orange Blossom<\/em>
\n-482 Music
\n“…blazingly original … a rare entity: a new group that seemingly arrives from nowhere,
\nfully formed with its own sound… one of the finest albums by an
\nup-and-coming ensemble one is likely to hear this year.”<\/em>
\nAll About Jazz<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>
\nBablicon: A Flat Inside a Fog, The Cat that was a Dog<\/em>
\n\u2013Misra Records
\n\u201cSprawling, audacious but always intriguing\u2026\u201d<\/em>
\nMojo Music Magazine<\/p>\n

PROGRAMMING<\/strong>
\nMax6:<\/strong> Developed a pitch tracking, interactive program, which creates an
\nenvironment for instrumental improvisation , called “Rock, Paper, Scissors”.<\/p>\n

RTCmix:<\/strong> Author computer music scores in the MINC programming language, which
\nexplore psychoacoustic concepts and reproduce auditory hallucinations as
\ndescribed by researchers such as Diana Deutsch and Roger Shepard.<\/p>\n

C++:<\/strong> Developed an algorithm which searches through the Fibonacci Sequence and
\nidentifies repeating patterns.<\/p>\n

RECORDING<\/strong>
\n-Served as staff recording\/mixing engineer at Shape Shoppe Recording Studio in Chicago from 2004 to 2007.<\/p>\n

-Use and teach with and the following softwares:
\nCubase
\nDigital Performer
\nPro Tools
\nLogic Pro<\/p>\n

SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES\/PRESENTATIONS<\/strong>
\n2014<\/strong>
\nStrategies in Computer Generated Music<\/em>
\nPresentation\/Performance for the Visiting Artist Series
\nDePaul University School of Cinema and Interactive Media<\/p>\n

Album Release show for the dragon and the griffin<\/em>
\nThe Comet, Cincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

Album Release show for the dragon and the griffin<\/em>
\nThe Hungry Brain, Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n

RTcmix Festival<\/em>
\nGuest Speaker: presented work modeling auditory hallucinations.
\nCincinnati, OH.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\nAthens Slingshot Music, Electronic Art and Tech Festival.<\/em> with Diving Bell
\nAthens, GA.<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>
\nDiving Bell \u2013 Studio 300 Digital Art and Media Festival at Transylvania University<\/p>\n

Herculaneum – New York Winter Jazz Festival and subsequent tour: in support of UCHU<\/p>\n

E’s Circumstance – A Confessional tale for Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra<\/em>
\nComposer: Dylan Sheridan
\nUniversity of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music<\/p>\n

Herculaneum – East Coast Tour: in support of Olives and Orchids<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nSolo Electronic Music Recital and performance of original Jazz compositions
\nElastic Arts Center, Chicago, Il.<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\nMichael Columbia – Pitchfork Music Festival
\nChicago, Il.<\/p>\n

RECENT AWARDS<\/strong>
\n2011<\/strong>
\nMusic 11 Fellowship Award: An international new music festival held annually
\nin Blonay, Switzerland.
\nServed as Audio\/Visual Engineer and Web Implementer.<\/p>\n

2010-2012<\/strong>
\nAlexander Zemlinsky Graduate Assistant Scholarship
\nServed as Administrator for The Alexander Zemlinsky Composition Competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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